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About Us

"[A]n essential resource for any student of the American West."
- Review of MWDL in College & Research Libraries News, December 2011

Our Collaborative

The Mountain West Digital Library is a collaborative of libraries, museums, and archives -- universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies. Starting in 2001 as a program of the Utah Academic Library Consortium, MWDL has been joined over the last decade by partners in other states in the Mountain West as well, including Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, and Hawaii.

Goals

Discovery Portal: Provide a regional search portal for public access to the digital collections of the Mountain West for the benefit of MWDL partners, the scholarly community at large, and the general public

Digital Library Community: Support the digital library development efforts of Collections Partners, including colleges, universities, public libraries, school libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, municipalities, counties, state agencies, and other entities

Digital Public Library of American On-Ramp: Serve as the Service Hub to the DPLA for libraries, museums, and archives in the Mountain West

Support

The Mountain West Digital Library was founded in 2001 as a program of the Utah Academic Library Consortium, as part of its goal to improve the availability and delivery of library and information services.

In July 2015, the MWDL transitioned to a membership collaborative, with Member Repositories (hosting hubs) hosting the digital collections of their institutions as well as the collections of other Collections Partners.

Grant funding from the Digital Public Library of America for participation in the Digital Hubs Pilot Project, 2012-2015, and the Public Library Partnerships Project, with sub-awards from these funding sources: